Paper-fastener.



J. J. A. MILLER.

PAPER FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1012.

1,072,483, Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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JOHN J. A. MILLER, 0F DENVER, GOLORADOA PAPER-FASTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 11, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Serial No. 696,640.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN J. A. Minnnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Paper-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper fasteners, my invention being especially adapted to secure together typewritten legal and business papers at one or both corners and along their upper edges, so that they may be held together in collected form. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective View of the im' proved fastener. Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3, is a front view of the same with a washer thereon. Fig. 4, is a plan view of a washer used in connection with the fastener. Fig. 5, is a view showing the fastener provided with a perforating cap. Fig. (3, is a perspective View of the cap. And Fig. 7, is a View illustrating the application of the fastener.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,-the numerals 1 and 2 designate the paper penetrating end portions of my improved paper fastening clip, and 3 designates the head end portion. The entire clip is made of a single piece of wire, which is bent in curves l. and, 5, and in circles 6 and 7, in such a manner as to form a flat scroll shaped head portion, the under side of which is adapted to lie flat against the adjacent surface of the paper or papers the fastener is passed through. The shank ends 8 and 9, and the head 3, which consists of the curved wings 6 and 7, are formed and arranged preferably as follows, although my invention contemplates a wire form of head portion of any form or shape of bent or curved or circled convolution. A piece of annealed wire of any suitable metal and of any desired form for the size and length of paper fasteners it is desired to make, is used. This piece of wire I will call the stock-wire, and one end of it is made straight for such a portion of its length as is necessary to make the length of shank end 8 it is desired that the size of fastener being made shall have. At the head end of this shank 8, the wire is bent at right angles to the shank, and is then curved into a circular shaped flat loop, which forms the wing (3 that stands laterally away from and at right angles to the shank end S, and forms one side of the head portion of the fastener. From this wing 6, the wire is curved in the form of a yoke 10 around the shank wire 8, this curve being just large enough to pass closely around the shank wire 8, and it acts to support it. The wire is then extended outwardly from this yoke portion 10, and is curved into a yoke portion 11, which forms a loop shaped wing, which is arranged to stand flat and at right angles to the shank wire 8, and to bear with the circles (S and 7 on the paper the fastener is extended through. i The stock-wire is then provided with a second small yoke 12, that is arranged to receive and support the shank t), and then is curved into the loop 7, and then is bent at right angles down through the yoke recess 12 parallel to the wire 8 and forms the opposite shank wire 9; and the ends of these shank wires 8 and 9 are then trimmed and pointed and left straight and even or of substantially even length. The loop shaped wings 6 and 7 are arranged diametrically opposite to each other in alinement with the shank wires, and they with the yoke 11, form the head of the fastener. I may use in connection with these fasteners a washer 1.3, that is adapted to fit loosely over the shanks and to lit up against the under side of the head of the shank. This washer comprises preferably a round washer, although it may be oblong in shape if desired, and is provided with an oblong aperture 14, through which the shank ends of the firstener extend loosely. I may also provide an arrow or spear point shaped cap 15, which is adapted to fit tightly enough on the points of the shank ends of the fastener to enable them to be retained thereon against accidental displacement, and to be used to pierce through a number of papers, and then to be removed therefrom by the fingers, and then the shank ends can be spread apart against the surface of the papers, as is well understood. This washer and the spear shaped thimble however, form no part of the present invention and can be dispensed with, as they are not. essential elements of the fastener, but cooperate with it as useful in penetrating papers that do not have apertures punched in them, and in holding together thick bunches of papers.

The operation of my paper fastener is as follows: The head of the fastener is grasped by the fingers of the operator, and it is the pointed ends of the shanks that are placed against and pressed through the papers wherever it is desired to fasten them together. If the paper is tough, or there are a large number of them, the spear point thimble may be placed over their ends, which makes them much stiffer and enables them to stand a much greater paper piercing pressure, and if desired a washer may be applied to each fastener before it is pressed through the papers. Having pressed a fastener through papers it is desired to fasten together, the spear point is removed, if it has been used, and the shank ends are bent apart and turned back against the surface of the adjacent paper, in opposite directions, which securely fastens the papers together.

My improved fasteners can be made by automatically operating machines, from coils of wire of accurate shape and size and with great rapidity, and can be furnished to consumers at much less cost than many of the paper fasteners at present in use; as it is made of one integral piece of wire, its head can not become detached from its shank portion, and its head is large enough and of a form that provides as substantial a paper engaging head surface as the round headed paper fasteners in use, and the center yokeshaped curve and the oppositely arranged side wing loops are so pressed and flattened on their paper engaging side that their outer pointed ends, the sides of said. yoke-shaped edges rest in a practical paper fastening manner against the papers they are fastened to.

While I have illustrated the preferred shape of the loop shaped Wings that form the head of my fastener, and that are formed with the shanks from one continuous pieceof Wire, I do not wish to be limited to the form of loops and curves shown, as changes might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A paper fastener consisting of a wire bent centrally of its length to form a yoke-shaped portion of suitable length, the sides of which. terminate in circular Wings, which are formed by bending the length of wire out and around in opposite directions until they cross the sides of the yokeshaped portion, whence they are bent doWn at right angles to the plane of the wings and terminate in 6O portion and the downwardly extending portion being formed at their point of contact with semi-circular bends, which interlock.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. A. MILLER.

Witnesses:

G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, ADELLA M. FOWLE.

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